by Kate Birch | Dec 24, 2022 | News
by Kate Birch | Dec 24, 2022 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga, Twelve Days of Christmas, Word & Image
sudden flurries the Christmas star inside every persimmon Haiku written originally for Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, 2020 Holiday Celebration Debbie Strange is a chronically ill short-form poet whose work has been widely published internationally. Her book, The Language...
by Kate Birch | Dec 21, 2022 | Twelve Days of Christmas, Word & Image
my father wears a yellow mask my father wears a yellow mask leans into the wooden staff —a farmer’s gift from Dartmoor— years before. His legs unsteady, my legs unsteady, perhaps autumn already knows our quest for apples, led us here to this shelf lined with...
by Kate Birch | Dec 9, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
So poignant, beautiful and deep. It is full of light and dark. Haunting and memorable. With the word ‘beautiful’ being repeated again and again in comments, it is no surprise that Becky May’s ‘My Swallows’ is the IS&T Pick of the Month for November. Voters also...
by Kate Birch | Nov 3, 2022 | News, Picks of the Month
Silent scream over passing and decay. Describes dramatic events in delicate, calm and mundane way. Words that say it all and illustrate why ‘The Interior’ by Michał Choiński is the IS&T Pick of the Month for October 2022. Voters admired its relevancy, supported...
